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Didn’t find a thread for this, but just played the Rosewater demo. Nice setting, solid production values sorta things (voices, art, etc), but really like how responsive the game is. You can say different stuff to characters, do different things ... if they keep it up through the whole game that’s going to be pretty great. I hope.

Thanks, I hope so too! A big part of the gameplay is the companion relationships. Entire sequences in Act 2 and the path through Act 3 will depend on how you’ve treated your travel companions and your relationships with them. Part of the reason the game’s taken so long to develop!

GateKeeper - 17 August 2021 01:00 PM

This looks fun too.

If Fusion Were That Easy

“‘If Fusion Were That Easy’ is a humorous 2.5D point-and-click adventure about cold fusion and preventing the apocalypse. Explore a diverse world, master tricky puzzles and stop the inevitable.”

I like the cold fusion comedy concept, and the sarcastic game title, animations and graphics look a bit clumsy, but overall it’s one of the more interesting games in development.

Okay, so this one has been released today.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1439310/If_Fusion_Were_That_Easy/
If anyone plays it in the near future, let us know about your impressions about the game.

What I said in the last sentence last time is how I still feel about the game, obviously not having played it a single second yet, but looking at the information there is about the game.

I do wonder what “2½ playable characters” means, as the description on Steam page says…

New trailer for detective adventure game, Between Horizons, by the devs that did Lacuna. I like the look of this and the mechanics are up my alley.

Features
A New Kind of Experience: Between Horizons merges investigative-style gameplay with a branching sci-fi story in an ever-expanding Metroidvania-style environment.

Solving Cases for Yourself: The flexible evidence system lets players assign clues to cases, confront ship denizens about them, and submit any case with evidence players have connected to it. Everything found on the ship is connected, but figuring out how — that’s the challenge.

At What Cost?: Underneath the game’s exciting and plausible sci-fi plot lies a number of thought-provoking problems inviting players to weigh intergenerational responsibility against personal freedom.

Getting New Perspective: Timeless pixel art mixed with 3D environments and compelling visual effects come together in Between Horizons, creating a unique, beautiful art style.

Failure is Very Much an Option: There are no second chances — submitting wrong solutions means the story will go on and players live with the consequences. A new and improved auto-save system will make sure there is no going back, as the story branches and endings are based on player decisions, none of which can be taken back.

Going off the description this is actually very similar in mechanics to some of the Japanese games I listed in the thread about deduction based games. I always like when a mystery game has real stakes, so in this context I like the idea of being forced to live with your choices.

Digging this thread out as well. In order not to post a gigantic list of all the games I’m EXCITED about, I prefer to post those that are scheduled in the upcoming month. But since it’s almost middle of March already – here are the games I’m looking forward to through April:

1.Storyteller (March 23rd).
Cute puzzle game about how you can write and re-write classic stories (or parodies of them) however you want, or, in order to win the level, specific requirements. You use words and characters that you can put in any order to get some hilarious results. Unfortunately, demo doesn’t seem to be available anymore, but I had a blast with this one, plus it was challenging enough to have a purpose beyond mere giggles.

2. Murderous Muses (April 12th)
Part-FMV part-graphical detective adventure from the creators of Shapeshifting Detective. I’m not actually huge on FMV, but something about “haunted art gallery” and murder mystery (and that trailer) got me sold.

3. Nobodies: After Death (April 20th)
This one is actually a mix of regular and casual adventure, or adventure-lite how I call them. It’s the second installment of the game where you clean up bodies after special agents did their dirty work. In the most creative way. Nothing serious or mind-blowing here, just pure fun.  I like the first one a lot.

These three I’ll be getting on the day, but I’d also like to mention Delete After Reading, the second game from the developers of Unmemory, which I personally haven’t played but know that many people enjoyed. So if someone’s curious – their game (made very much in similar manner) comes out in about a day – March 14th.

I tried the demo for It’s a Wrap (available on Steam). It was a smooth, fun experience, also the amount of detail (both visual and verbal) they got right when it comes to being on set is pretty incredible, right down to very minor things.

I found the concept interesting as well, but it ended up raising my blood pressure extra high during those platforming sequences and very precise jumps I needed to make, that after replaying it over and over, I realized that it’s something I’d enjoy if I feel like potential heart attack on the side of my fun. Seem to be great game in developing, but I don’t have the patience for platforming parts - I hope you’ll enjoy it better than I did.

Up until today May didn’t look particularly exciting as far as game releases to me, however, I’ve got three announcements at once this morning, and now May seem to be very busy with games I’m looking forward to coming out. Not complaining.

1. STASIS: BONE TOTEM that has a separate page here going, and I know many people are looking forward to it. Not much to add besides that demo is on Steam, and it’sawesome.

2. Planetof Lana
Adventure/puzzle/platformer along the likes of Limbo and Inside as far as mechanics, just in a much more colorful world and actual story and lore, and studio Ghibli-like graphics. Demo is available on Steam. The fact that it’s hand-painted makes it even more promising.

3. The Tartarus Key. This is an adventure with psychological horror aesthetic and focus on puzzles with PS1-inspired graphics (that have become extra trendy in the past couple of years for some reasons. For now I’m still a fan). Demo is available on Steam. I like the premise and what I’ve seen from the puzzles in it.  This will probaly look weird as hell for majority of people here, but I love indie adventures and tend to play a lot of them, so I thought it will be no harm mentioning some odd titles on occasion.